Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-12

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glory of God and the earth shows His
handiwork. But you believe more than
that; you believe there was a Jesus;
you believe there was a cross; you be-
lieve that YOU have an immortal soul;
you believe that it must be regenerated
by the spirit of God, or you can never
dwell in bliss eternal. think "A great
many Of you will say that you believe
it is important to have the religion of
Jesus Christ every day of your life, to
smooth our tempers and purify our
minds, and hold us imperturbable amid
all the annoyance and vexations of
life. You and / have seer so many
men trampled down by misfortuncs be-
cause they had no faith in Jesus, and
you say to yourself: IF they were
SO easily overcome by the trials of life,
what will It be when greater misfor-
fortunes come upon them-hcart-
breaking calami'ies, tremendous
griefs?', Oh. if we have no God to
comfort us when our fortune goes, and
We look upon the
GRAVES or orr CHILDREN.
and our houses are desolate, what vii
become of uss What a sad thing it is
to see men all unhelped of God, going
out to fight giants of trouble; no closet
of prayer in which to retreat, no prom
Use of mercy to soothe the soul, no rock
of refuge in which to hide from the
blast. Oh, when the awful swift
coursers of trouble are brought up,
%champing and painting for the race.
and the reins are thrown upon their
necks. and the lathered TANKS at every
spring feel the stroke OF the lash, what
can we do On foot with themp How
can we compete with them? If, hav-
ing run with the footman, they wearied
us, how can we contend with horsesp
We have all yielded to temptation.
have been surprised afterwards
hat so small an inducement could have
decoyed us from the right. How in
significant
A TEMPTATION
has sometimes captured our soul! And
If that is SO. my dear brother, what
will it be when we come to stand in the
presence of temptation that Frustrated
a David, IN a Moses, and a Peter, and
some of the mightiest men I'm all Gods
kingdom? Now we are honest; but
suppose We were placed in some path
of life, as many of Gods children have
been, where all the forces of earth and
hell combine to capture the soul?
Without Jesus we would 90 down
under them. If already we have been
beaten by insignificant footmen, we
would be distanced ten thousand
leagues by the horses. All, ! don't
like to hear a mar say: II could not
commit such n sin as that. | can't
understand how "A man could be carried
away like that" You don't know
what you could do if the grace Of God
lets you. You know what
JOHN BUNYAN
said when he saw a man staggering
along the street. thoroughly embruted
in his habits. He said: There goes
John Bunyan, but for the grace OF God
| can say when | see one utterly fallen:
There goes Dewitt Talmage, but for
the grace of God!' Ii we have
been delivered from temptation
it is because the strong arm of
the Lord Almighty has been about
us, and not because we were any bet
ter than they. 1t is a great folly to
borrow trouble. II we can meet the
misfortunes of to-day, we will be able
TO meet the troubles of tomorrow; but
suppose now if through a lack of the
religion of Jesus. we are o%verthrown
by small SORROWS, does not our COM
teach us that we cannot
stand up against great ones? If we
carry a pound, can we carry "A
thousand pounds? II WI are discom-
fitted coming into battle with n regi-
ment, a brigade will cut us to pieces.
| we are unfit to cope with one small
trial. won't we be overcome by greater
onesp
II II FOoTMEN
are too much for us, won't the odds be
more fearful against us when we con-
tend with horsesP thank God that
some of His dear children have been
delivered. How was it that Paul could
say: .'Sorrowful. yet always rejoicing +;
poor. vet making many rich; having
nothing, yet possessing all things?'
And David the psalmist, scars up into
the rock of Gods strength and becomes
thoroughly composed amid all his sor-
rows. saying: God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help in the
time of trouble; therefore will not we
fear though the earth be removed,
though the mountains be cast into the
midst of the sea. though the waters
thereof roar and be troubled, though
the mountain shake with the swelling
thereof. Selah."
But my text suggests something in
advance of anything have said. We
must all
QUIT THIS LIFE.